HUFF meets Thursday May 18th at the Sub Rosa Cafe next to the Bike Church at 703 Pacific. at 10:45 a.m. through 1 p.m. more or less

Come caper, consume, and clash at the HUFF mini-meeting.  Bring suggestions on how to deal with the rising tide of unhoused residence sweeps.

HUFF Meeting Prospects 5-18-23      

  ++++  Priorities, Pass-Arounds, Placeholder Run-through & Hand-Outs       

  ++++  Street reports; Encampment and Shelter Updates     

  ++++     Coastal Commission Outcome. 

  ++++  HIWAY 9 SWEEPS IN PROGRESS; NEW ONES PLANNED WITH—3rd MONDAY 5-22 START TIME FOR HILLSIDE TENTCRUSHING 

  ++++  Upcoming Santa Cruz Shitty Council Meeting; Mayor’s Invitation  

  ++++  Capitola RV tenants struggle:  possible phone update.     

  ++++  Phone Check-in with Keith McHenry & Hiway 9sters 

  ++++  Legislative Update: AB 920 (prohibiting discrimination based on housing status); SB 31 making it illegal to sit, lie, or camp within 1000′ of a daycare center, library, park or school; SB 47 expanding definition of “gravely disabled’ in Lanterman Petris (LPS) Act, making it easier to enforce involuntary and forced drugging and other “treatments”.    

  ++++  Oregon’s State Law and Portland/Beaverton Day Camping Bans 

  ++++  FEMA Relief Update?  Helga’s Phone Update; in search of specifics about homeless funding not reaching the homeless.   

  ++++  Possible Other Encampment Reports from around the state   

  ++++https://www.facebook.com/groups/SantaCruzCountyHomelessAdvocates/permalink/1361414574715451/?  

Julie Schaul on street harassment 

  ++++ HUFF archive library: https://huffsantacruz.org/indybay/ 

  ++++ HUFF streetshit sheet archives https://huffsantacruz.org/ssarchives.html  

  ++++ HUFF Street Spirit article archives: http://www.huffsantacruz.org/StreetSpiritSantaCruz/StreetSpirit-main.html 

  ++++  Checking in: Free Guide Verification, Mad Power Monitoring, Ticket Documenting, Board of Stupes, City’s Token Vehicular Lodging Programs.    

WANT TO WRITE THE IRRESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS ?  

City of Santa Cruz – 831-420-5010   Mayor Fred Keeley  – fkeeley@cityofsantacruz.com    

City Manager Matt Huffaker – mhuffaker@santacruzca.gov  Public Defender: 454-5300    

Police Chief  Bernie Escalante – bescalante@cityofsantacruz.com    

TO HEAR THE BATHROBESPIERRE’S BROADSIDES NET-RADIO SHOW:  

Anytime after 6 PM Thursday and 9:30 AM Sunday for the latest show, go to: http://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html  Click  on the Latest Show of the date you want